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More Roman than the Romans: neoclassical genocide in French Numidia.

In numerous letters to his brother and wife, the Maréchal Armand Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud (1798–1854) describes his military campaigns in Algeria as reincarnations of the Roman wars in Numidia. Saint-Arnaud's Roman/Numidian dichotomy raises additional questions. What role did such ethnological...

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Published in:Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Vol. 68; no. 2; pp. 235 - 254
Main Author: Khellaf, Kyle
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Sep2025
Subjects:
Genocide
Settler colonialism
History of colonies
French Algeria
Ideology
Maghreb (North Africa)
Algeria
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